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Cuba to cut 500,000 gov’t workers

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Cuba announced Monday it will cast off at least half a million state employees by mid-2011 and reduce restrictions on private enterprise to help them find new jobs — the most dramatic step yet in President Raul Castro's push to radically remake employment on the communist-run island. Castro suggested during a nationally televised address on Easter Sunday that as many 1 million Cuban workers — about one in five — may be redundant. But the government had not previously laid out specific plans to reduce the work force. The layoffs will start immediately and continue through the first half of next year, according to the nearly 3 million-strong Cuban Workers Confederation — the only labor union allowed by the government. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_bi_ge/cb_cuba_mass_layoffs added by: ibrake4rappers13

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Venezuela Celebrates 200th Anniversary With Caracas Parade

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Benny Hollywood

Venezuela celebrates its bicentennial and festivals have been taking place in the Venezuela capital, Caracas. A Caracas parade included the military and several groups from all over Venezuelan society. Allies of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez namely President Raul Castro from Cuba and President Evo Morales from Bolivia are also present to attend the celebrations. A parade gathering from every sector of society has marched past the socialist leader together with the Venezuela’s Olympic Athletes, Afro-Caribbean descendants and indigenous groups. The military with F-16 fighter jets has also been in attendance and screaming overhead. Red T-shirts, red baseball caps and Venezuelan flags are all over the place. Venezuela Celebrates 200th Anniversary With Caracas Parade is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →

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